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Melaniella L. Pfeiffer, 1857
996623 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:996623)
accepted
Genus
Bulimus (Melaniella) L. Pfeiffer, 1857 · unaccepted
Glandinella L. Pfeiffer, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melaniella (Glandinella) L. Pfeiffer, 1879 · alternative representation
Melaniella (Melaniella) L. Pfeiffer, 1857 · alternative representation
Pichardiella P. Fischer, 1887 · unaccepted (Invalid: established as a...)
Invalid: established as a substitute for Melaniella L. Pfeiffer, 1857, by Fischer incorrectly treated as a junior homonym of Melanella Bowdich, 1822
Varicella (Melaniella) L. Pfeiffer, 1857 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Varicella (Pichardiella) P. Fischer, 1887 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Melaniella acuticostata (A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Species Melaniella caymanbracensis (Pilsbry, 1949)
- Species Melaniella gracillima (L. Pfeiffer, 1839)
- Species Melaniella inopinata (Pilsbry, 1907)
- Species Melaniella manzanillensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Subgenus Melaniella (Varicellula) Pilsbry, 1907 accepted as Varicella (Varicellula) Pilsbry, 1907 represented as Varicella L. Pfeiffer, 1854 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Melaniella (Varicellula) inopinata (Pilsbry, 1907) represented as Melaniella inopinata (Pilsbry, 1907)
- Species Melaniella eiseniana J. G. Cooper, 1893 accepted as Pseudosubulina eiseniana (J. G. Cooper, 1893) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Melaniella tastensis J. G. Cooper, 1894 accepted as Pseudosubulina tastensis (J. G. Cooper, 1894) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Subgenus Melaniella (Glandinella) L. Pfeiffer, 1879 represented as Melaniella L. Pfeiffer, 1857
- Subgenus Melaniella (Melaniella) L. Pfeiffer, 1857 represented as Melaniella L. Pfeiffer, 1857
- Species Melaniella (Melaniella) gracillima (L. Pfeiffer, 1839) represented as Melaniella gracillima (L. Pfeiffer, 1839)
- Species Melaniella brevicula H. Adams, 1870 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Melaniella coronata (Guppy, 1868) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Melaniella pichardi (Arango, 1862) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
feminine
Pfeiffer, L. (1857). Zur Molluskenfauna der Insel Cuba. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 4: 170-179., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15865415
page(s): 172 [details]
page(s): 172 [details]
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original description
Pfeiffer, L. (1857). Zur Molluskenfauna der Insel Cuba. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 4: 170-179., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15865415
page(s): 172 [details]
original description (of Pichardiella P. Fischer, 1887) Fischer, P. (1887). Note sur la réforme du genre <i>Melania</i>, de Lamarck, proposée par Bowdich, en 1822. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 35: 192-201., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15921439
page(s): 199-200 [details]
original description (of Glandinella L. Pfeiffer, 1879) Pfeiffer, L. (1878-1881). Nomenclator heliceorum viventium. [Posthumous work edited by S. Clessin]. Fischer: Cassel. 617 pp. See Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 for section dates. pp. 1–64, 1878; 65–192, 1879; 193–400, 1879–80; 401–546, 1881; 547–617, 1881. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116067
page(s): 328 [details]
page(s): 172 [details]
original description (of Pichardiella P. Fischer, 1887) Fischer, P. (1887). Note sur la réforme du genre <i>Melania</i>, de Lamarck, proposée par Bowdich, en 1822. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 35: 192-201., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15921439
page(s): 199-200 [details]
original description (of Glandinella L. Pfeiffer, 1879) Pfeiffer, L. (1878-1881). Nomenclator heliceorum viventium. [Posthumous work edited by S. Clessin]. Fischer: Cassel. 617 pp. See Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005 for section dates. pp. 1–64, 1878; 65–192, 1879; 193–400, 1879–80; 401–546, 1881; 547–617, 1881. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116067
page(s): 328 [details]
